Ministry for the Environment (Chile)

Ministry for the Environment
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
State agency overview
FormedJanuary 12, 2010 (2010-01-12)
Preceding State agency
  • Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, CONAMA
Minister responsible
  • Maisa Rojas Corradi
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Maximiliano Proaño Ugalde, Undersecretary
WebsiteMinistry for the Environment


The Ministry of Environment (Spanish: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente) is a ministry of the State of Chile that is in charge of collaborating with the President of the Republic in the design and application of policies, plans and programs in environmental matters, as well as in the protection and conservation of biological diversity and of renewable and hydric natural resources, promoting sustainable development, the integrity of the environmental policy and its normative regulation.

This ministry was created in January 2010 to replace the National Environment Commission (Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, CONAMA). The new ministry became operational on October 1 of that year.

Maisa Rojas has served as minister since 11 March 2022.

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